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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Both Venezia and Südtirol are yearning for points in this fixture, despite the away side having a 9 point edge so far.

Insights:
  • Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Serie B
  • Südtirol haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

This has all the signs of an intriguing game with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Venezia form and stats

With 2 Serie B wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Venezia are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager Vanoli led his Venezia to a defeat away at Genoa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. Ceppitelli was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.71 out of 10. The defender Ceppitelli won 7 of 10 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Perugia.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Venezia handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The Venezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Venezia have conceded 17 from these games. When Venezia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cittadella, SPAL, Como, Benevento, Cosenza and Perugia), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Südtirol form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Südtirol playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

The followers enjoyed Südtirol's previous fixture versus Brescia (placed 13th), a 1-0 win played at home. Masiello was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Masiello served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.

A 0-2 loss hosting Modena before that.

Südtirol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this club's last 16 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

Südtirol have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Südtirol have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Südtirol - Venezia 1-2. Data for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Venezia, two draws and three wins for Südtirol. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaJ. Pohjanpalo
J. Pohjanpalo
7 goals
SüdtirolR. Odogwu
R. Odogwu
6 goals
SüdtirolM. Rover
M. Rover
5 goals

Venezia missing players

Südtirol missing players

Venezia Südtirol
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 4 9 20
5 2 0 Won W 3 4 7
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 8
10 6 4 Lost L 0 3 5
23 11 5 Scored S 7 10 22
29 17 10 Conceded C 2 12 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 80%
50% 60% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 35%
20% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 50%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 30%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.8 5.2 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 3.2
5.5 6.6 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.6 5.5
2.4 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.6 12.2 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12 11.6
4.2 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.7
27% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 32% 30%
 
14.6 15.8 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.7 14.7
4.7 5 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Venezia's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Südtirol haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia have the fewest points (8) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Serie B
  • Venezia have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 20 13 3 4 30 12 10 8 2 0 17 3 10 5 1 4 13 9 18 42
2 Reggina 20 11 3 6 30 17 10 5 2 3 19 10 10 6 1 3 11 7 13 36
3 Genoa 20 10 6 4 22 14 10 4 5 1 10 6 10 6 1 3 12 8 8 36
4 Bari 1908 20 8 9 3 34 19 10 3 5 2 20 12 10 5 4 1 14 7 15 33
5 Pisa 20 7 8 5 31 22 10 5 2 3 18 10 10 2 6 2 13 12 9 29
6 Südtirol 20 7 8 5 22 24 11 3 6 2 12 12 9 4 2 3 10 12 -2 29
7 Ternana 20 8 5 7 21 24 10 5 3 2 9 6 10 3 2 5 12 18 -3 29
8 Cagliari 20 7 7 6 25 23 11 6 3 2 16 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 2 28
9 Parma 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 5 1 4 14 11 10 2 5 3 11 13 1 27
10 Ascoli 20 6 7 7 24 24 10 2 4 4 10 13 10 4 3 3 14 11 0 25
11 Modena 20 7 4 9 29 30 9 3 3 3 15 12 11 4 1 6 14 18 -1 25
12 Palermo 20 6 7 7 22 25 10 4 3 3 11 9 10 2 4 4 11 16 -3 25
13 Brescia 20 6 7 7 20 27 10 4 4 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 9 18 -7 25
14 SPAL 20 5 8 7 22 23 10 3 2 5 14 13 10 2 6 2 8 10 -1 23
15 Benevento 20 5 8 7 18 21 10 2 3 5 7 12 10 3 5 2 11 9 -3 23
16 Como 20 5 7 8 22 29 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 1 4 5 11 19 -7 22
17 Cittadella 20 5 7 8 15 25 9 2 4 3 7 12 11 3 3 5 8 13 -10 22
18 Venezia 20 5 5 10 23 29 10 2 2 6 11 17 10 3 3 4 12 12 -6 20
19 Perugia 20 5 5 10 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 14 10 2 2 6 9 13 -8 20
20 Cosenza 20 4 6 10 18 33 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 1 3 6 5 19 -15 18

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.